The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
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Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
Baroness Sarah Ludford MEP, Liberal Democrat European justice spokeswoman and vice-chair of the European Parliament's Anti Racism and Diversity 'intergroup', is pushing EU ministers to stop stalling on measures to combat race, religious and homophobic hate crime.
A group of normally loyal Labour MPs have written to Tony Blair urging him to quit as prime minister. The MPs, who were principally elected in 2001, have confronted Mr Blair amid growing calls for him to give a date for his departure.
A group of normally loyal Labour MPs have written to Tony Blair urging him to quit as prime minister. The MPs, who were principally elected in 2001, have confronted Mr Blair amid growing calls for him to give a date for his departure.
Thank you Radio 1 - by playing "Things can only get Better" this morning, it decided what this months column was going to be about.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Tuesday 5th September) welcomed news that the party, along with representatives of several NGOs and other political parties, has written to the Prime Minister calling for a law on climate change to be promised in the next Queen's Speech.
Conservatives at Suffolk County Council have been accused of creating fear and confusion amongst elderly people and their carers as a result of proposed changes to day care services. The Conservative Cabinet is set to agree a consultation on the future of day services for older people at its meeting on Tuesday 5th September. Kathy Pollard, Leader of the Liberal Democrat and Independent group has criticised the letters which are being sent out to people receiving day care and their carers. She commented "These letters are creating a huge amount of uncertainty and confusion amongst elderly people. Day care is a vital lifeline to older people and their carers, but there is no reassurance in these letters that this will continue. For many carers this is the only respite they get and it enables them to continue caring for their relatives instead of putting them in residential care, which is more expensive. This consultation is also creating a huge amount of uncertainty for staff, who don't know whether they will h
